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Estrategias en la elección de alimentos para familias vegetarianas en el valle de Aburrá, Colombia

Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética
Introducción. El vegetarianismo tiene como eje central la exclusión de alimentos de origen animal. No obstante, dichos cambios en el patrón alimentario conllevan retos sociales porque la adquisición y consumo de alimentos dependen de diversos factores ...
Ana María Narváez Rivas, Briana Davahiva Gómez Ramírez   +1 more
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Practices, barriers, and opportunities for dietitians-nutrionists in critical care in Latin America: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
Abstract Background Dietitians–nutritionists (DNs) play a key role in intensive care units (ICUs), yet their scope of practice varies across settings. This study aimed to describe the professional practices of DNs working in ICUs in Latin America and to identify factors associated with their level of professional activity.
Crovetto M, Parra-Soto S, Durán-Aguero S, Cordón-Arrivillaga K, Canicoba M, Landaeta-Díaz L, Bejarano JJ, Mauricio S, Nava-González EJ, Carpio-Arias V, Cerezo S, Ivankovich S, Ortiz A, Nuñez-Martinez B, Meza-Miranda ER, de Baptista GMA, Morales M, Miranda-Durán M, Carrera-Gil F.   +18 more
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Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Content Validity Assessment of the Spanish Diabetes Management Knowledge Assessment Tool-14 for Nursing Home Nurses. [PDF]

Nurs Open
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study is to describe the initial phase of the psychometric validation process, specifically focusing on the translation, cross‐cultural adaptation and content validation of the Diabetes Management Knowledge Assessment Tool‐17 (DMKAT‐17) for Spanish nursing home settings.
Domínguez-Navarro A, Picardo-García JM.   +1 more
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Excess adiposity and iron‐deficient status in Colombian women of reproductive age

Obesity, Volume 31, Issue 12, Page 3025-3042, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective Information about excess adiposity markers different from BMI and iron status is limited and more so about the shape of these associations. This study evaluated the relationship between three adiposity markers and iron‐deficient status in reproductive‐age women.
Milton Fabián Suarez‐Ortegón, Jenny Elizabeth Ordoñez‐Betancourth, José Guillermo Ortega‐Ávila, Ana Yibby Forero, José Manuel Fernández‐Real   +4 more
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Validation of the NOVA score for the consumption of ultra‐processed foods by young women of Medellín, Colombia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1528, Issue 1, Page 69-76, October 2023., 2023
The NOVA‐UPF score, developed to assess ultra‐processed food (UPF) consumption, is adapted and validated in 203 young women from Medellín, Colombia. The association between the NOVA‐UPF score and the percentage of energy from UPF (%UPF/E) were categorized into quintiles. There was a positive linear association between the NOVA‐UPF score and %UPF/E (p <
María Camila Correa‐Madrid, Nathalia Correa Guzmán, Gilles Bergeron, Sandra L. Restrepo‐Mesa, Gustavo Cediel   +4 more
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Report of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) on the nutritional status of women of childbearing age, during pregnancy and lactation with respect to adequate iodine intake

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 1, Issue 2, September‐December 2023., 2023
Abstract Iodine is an essential element involved in the synthesis of thyroid hormones, being essential for pre‐ and postnatal brain development and for cellular metabolism throughout life. On the other hand, iodine deficiency is one of the most easily preventable public health problems affecting the largest number of people in the world.
Irene Bretón Lesmes, Araceli Díaz Perales, Ángel Gil Izquierdo, María del Carmen Recio Iglesias, Lluís Vila Ballester, María Ángeles Carlos Chillerón   +5 more
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Prevalence and associated risk factors for Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections among children of northwest Mexico: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background G. intestinalis and Cryptosporidium spp. are responsible for gastrointestinal infections worldwide. Contaminated food, feces, drinking water and predictors such as poverty, cultural and behavioral aspects have been involved in their ...
Luis Quihui-Cota, Gloria Guadalupe Morales-Figueroa, Aarón Javalera-Duarte, José Antonio Ponce-Martínez, Edith Valbuena-Gregorio, Marco Antonio López-Mata   +5 more
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Measurement of physical activity by triaxial accelerometers in schoolchildren from three peruvian cities

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2017
Objectives. To determine the proportion of primary school students who fulfill the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on physical activity and the factors associated with less time of moderate-intense physical activity in urban areas of ...
Katherine Alvis-Chirinos, Lucio Huamán-Espino, Jenny Pillaca, Juan Pablo Aparco   +3 more
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Una variante del gen CAPN10 y los factores ambientales muestran asociación con el exceso de peso en jóvenes colombianos

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2014
Introducción. La obesidad resulta de la interacción entre factores de riesgo genéticos y ambientales. Objetivo. Evaluar el efecto de tres variantes genéticas y factores ambientales en el exceso de peso en jóvenes de 10 a 18 años de Medellín, Colombia ...
Ana C. Orozco, Angélica M. Muñoz, Claudia M. Velásquez, Rosa M. Uscátegui, María V. Parra, Fredy A. Patiño, Luz M. Manjarres, Beatriz E. Parra, Alejandro Estrada, Gloria M. Agudelo   +9 more
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Prevalence of anemia and associated factors in elderly residing in peruvian households

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Objectives. To estimate the prevalence of anemia and associated factors in elderly residing in Peruvian households. Materials and methods. the study deals with a cross-sectional design and was conducted in 2011.
Carolina Tarqui-Mamani, José Sanchez-Abanto, Doris Alvarez-Dongo, Paula Espinoza-Oriundo, Teresa Jordan-Lechuga   +4 more
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